pavolye

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Definitions

  • adv. Slowly.

Example Sentences

  • "To ease his anxieties, the Rebbe said, 'I only have two minutes, but in those two minutes, it's still possible to speak calmly,' and then, using the Yiddish word for slowly, 'we can speak pavolia, pavolia...'" (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Yiddish

Etymology

  • פּאַװאָליע pavolye

      • Who Uses This

      • Older: Jews who are middle-aged and older
      • Ashkenazim: Jews with Ashkenazi heritage

      Regions

      • North America

      Dictionaries

      • Yiddish and English: A Century of Yiddish in America, by Sol Steinmetz (Tuscaloosa, 1986).

      Alternative Spellings

      pavolie, pavolia, pavolya

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